Added pulp systemd file + removed unused vars

Author: wtripp180901

ansible/roles/pulp_site/defaults/main.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ pulp_site_password: "{{ vault_pulp_admin_password }}"
 # pulp_site_upstream_username:
 # pulp_site_upstream_password:
 pulp_site_upstream_content_url: https://ark.stackhpc.com/pulp/content
-pulp_site_default_upstream_suffix: "{{ pulp_site_target_arch }}/os"
-pulp_site_validate_certs: false
 pulp_site_install_dir: '/home/rocky/pulp'
 pulp_site_selinux_suffix: "{{ ':Z' if ansible_selinux.status == 'enabled' else '' }}"
 pulp_site_target_facts: "{{ hostvars[groups['pulp'][0]]['ansible_facts'] }}"

ansible/roles/pulp_site/files/pulp.service

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Adapted from https://grimoire.carcano.ch/blog/installing-pulp3-as-a-container/
+[Unit]
+Description=Pulp
+Wants=syslog.service
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman start -a pulp
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 15 pulp
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

ansible/roles/pulp_site/tasks/install.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,21 @@
     - "{{ pulp_site_install_dir }}/containers:/var/lib/containers{{ pulp_site_selinux_suffix }}"
     device: /dev/fuse
     image: docker.io/pulp/pulp:3.68.1
+    state: present
 
+- name: Create systemd file
+  copy:
+    src: pulp.service
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/pulp.service
+  register: _pulp_service
+  
+- name: Start Pulp service
+  systemd:
+    name: pulp
+    state: "{{ 'started' if _pulp_service.changed else 'restarted' }}"
+    daemon_reload: "{{ _pulp_service.changed }}"
+    enabled: true
+  
 - name: Reset admin password once container has initialised
   no_log: true
   ansible.builtin.shell:

docs/experimental/pulp.md

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Note access to this server's content isn't authenticated so this assumes the `pu
 
 **TODO: You can actually do this using additional_nodes now, how would we make the pulp store persistant?**
 **TODO: don't advise that, we want single server for all environments**
-**TODO: Add a systemd unit to run pulp!**
 
 ### Using an existing Pulp server
 An existing Pulp server can be used to host Ark repos by overriding `pulp_site_password` and `appliances_pulp_url` in the target environment. Note that this assumes the same configuration as the appliance deployed Pulp i.e no content authentication.